Cachar police arrest fake doctor practising without qualifications
Fake doctor arrested
Cachar: In yet another case of quackery in the state, a fake doctor has been arrested by Cachar police for allegedly pretending to be an MBBS doctor without having any valid medical qualifications or training.
According to officials, the accused is said to have treated several patients, and an investigation is underway to determine whether his treatment put their lives at risk, as they were unaware that he was not a qualified doctor.
The accused was allegedly found practising as a doctor and presenting himself as an MBBS professional despite having no recognised medical degree or papers to support his claim. He is a resident of the Kathal Point area near 2nd Link Road.
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According to police sources, as reported by Barak Bulletin, the case was registered last year under Silchar Police Station Case No. 1110/25. Police said further investigation is underway to ascertain how long he had been practising and whether patients were affected.
Medical Dialogues reported that a fake doctor was arrested in Thoraipakkam, on the outskirts of Chennai, for allegedly running an illegal clinic and prescribing allopathic medicines for nearly a decade without a valid medical degree. The 38-year-old accused, who studied only upto class 12, was running a clinic named “Vijay Clinic and Home Visit Service” at Okkiyam Thoraipakkam, despite having no medical qualifications.
Acting on multiple complaints from the public, the Directorate of Medical and Rural Health Services conducted a surprise inspection of the clinic. The inspection team was led by Meenakshi Sundari, Joint Director of the department.
During the inspection, the officials found that the accused had neither studied medicine nor registered with the Tamil Nadu Medical Council, a mandatory requirement to practise medicine in the state. Despite this, he had been examining patients, prescribing medicines, and offering home visit services.
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